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Simba back in Champions League

 

African defending champions TP Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo have been disqualified from the Orange Champions League group stage for fielding ineligible player, CAF website reported yesterday.

Following a complaint filed by Simba Sports of Tanzania following match 68 of the Orange Champions League, the Confederation of African Football launched an investigation on the eligibility of TP Mazembe’s player Janvier Besala Bokungu.

The findings of the investigation were submitted to the Organising Committee for CAF Interclubs Competitions.

Based on those findings, the Organising Committee decided to disqualify TP Mazembe on the basis of Chapter VIII (Fraud), article 24, article 26 (qualification of players) and article 29 of Orange CAF Champions League regulations.

The Organising Committee decided as well that the replacement will be made after a play-off match, to be played next week in a neutral venue, between Simba SC and Wydad of Casablanca.

Written by Israel Saria

For the last 20 years I have been working as a football pundit. This experience has provided me with a very useful insight into football and the opportunity to carry out extensive research into the game including its players, the stadiums, the rules and tactics and I have also been grateful to meet a wide range of people connected to football in the UK, Tanzania, Germany .....

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